Soweto welcomes Mandela at FNB Stadium and he returns to Orlando West

Mandela flew to FNB Stadium in Soweto for a welcome rally and later spent his first night in decades at his family home in Orlando West. The return to the township linked the world-famous prisoner to the communities where resistance had continued through funerals, boycotts, youth organising, strikes, and political education. His release opened a new phase of struggle; apartheid had not yet ended.